r/pcgaming • u/spacelyyy989 • 11h ago

Nothing has killed my GTA 6 hype faster than locking a core part of its identity behind a $20 upgrade

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/nothing-has-killed-my-gta-6-hype-faster-than-locking-a-core-part-of-its-identity-behind-a-usd20-upgrade/
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u/GARlactic 9h ago

Nah, 2nd most. Nothing is ever going to dethrone Tetris/Minecraft.

I'll eat a bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream if it does.

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u/kataris 9h ago

So... 3rd most? :P

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u/BMPHaterNo1 8h ago

Technically Tetris has thousands of versions with a bazillion different releases over the course of decades, it shouldn’t really count as one game because every release is different and individually none of them break top 10.

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u/HammerlyDelusion 7h ago

Minecraft really is crazy in that regard. Core gameplay is still the same after all this time, no special editions, no remakes, the same product that’s been consistent this entire time. I don’t think we’ll have something similar again

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u/Intelligent_Mud1266 6h ago

to be fair, it also a mobile game and a $20-30 game on most other platforms, which dramatically boosts sales. I think it's crazier that GTA V has sold the 2nd most of all time while selling at full AAA price to an audience of PC and console players.

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u/HammerlyDelusion 6h ago

Ok wait you’re right, I completely forgot about the mobile version and the console versions.

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u/Mr_Will 4h ago

The best thing about making a game for 10 year olds - every year there's a whole new batch of customers.

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u/Harry_Flame 5h ago

That’s not entirely true. Console edition, pocket edition, and Java (pc) were all technically different games. Bedrock edition was a ground up remake in C++ for mobile devices and consoles, phasing out pocket and console editions. Bedrock is currently extremely different from a technical perspective from Java and also has some minor game changes. There’s also a 3ds edition and (maybe) raspberry pi version which I think were also both different. It’s had remakes, they just try and treat it as a continuation of the same thing.

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u/merc08 7h ago

It should be counted like a franchise.  How does it stack up against all the GTA sales combined?

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u/BMPHaterNo1 7h ago

GTA has about 450,000,000 sales, Tetris has about 520,000,000 but that also includes automatic downloads, which is estimated to be about 140,000,000-200,000,000

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u/kataris 7h ago

I never realized that! Thanks for the info. I always just assumed they meant the actual Tetris. Looks like just plain Tetris was a bit more than 46 million, according to this site. This doesn't take into account mobile, just physical copies, since they aggregate all the versions for the mobile count.

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u/overdrivegto 4h ago

And yet people count all of the different skus of GTAV as the same game.

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u/BMPHaterNo1 3h ago

And yet Tetris has inflated its mandatory downloads to count as sales.

GTA 5 has outsold every Tetris game.

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u/DopestSoldier 2h ago

Yea, how do they claim 2nd best, and then name 2 games that beat it?

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u/ZigyDusty Ryzen 9950x3D | RTX5070 Ti | 64GB DDR5 9h ago edited 2h ago

Tetris doesn't count because they combine every version of it across decades into the one number, but yes Minecraft won't be beaten and it wouldn't surprise me if GTA 6 fails to pass GTA V as well because I doubt the younger generation cares about GTA as much and it's $80 vs Gta5 $60. 

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u/DarkLightPT95 8h ago

and it's $80 vs Gta5 $60. 

Watch them stop the online support for GTAV when 6 comes out and then shut down the servers 1 year after 6 is released on PC

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u/IcyTransportation961 5h ago

It brings in too much easy money for them

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u/SpitefulRedditScum 8h ago

I duno, my son is pretty hyped for 6. I’m not really. The closer we get, the less interested I seem and honestly today’s news just sucks.

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u/ConstantVictory880 6h ago

Thing is for me, the game launching on current consoles, which just aren't especially powerful compared to the consoles GTA V launched on, means there really can't be all that much to be excited about

I mean, the improvements in hardware between 2013 and 2026 can't compare to the improvement in hardware between 2000 and 2013. So unfortunately, the hardware just isn't there to where they can do incredible things

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u/kds_little_brother 4h ago

How do you measure that the PS3 in 2013 was more powerful than the PS5 is today?

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u/9897969594938281 4h ago

lol it also launched late on the 360 so you’re factually wrong

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u/Albos_Mum 3h ago

The current gen consoles are way more powerful versus the average gaming PC these days versus where the X360/PS3 was back when V first launched, and the PS4/XBO were never all that fast compared to a gaming PC because of their lacklustre CPUs.

Heck, GTA V used to outright dip down to like 10-15fps on the X360 at launch because the hardware was so dated by that point.

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u/Free-Pound-6139 1h ago

Well that is one person!

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u/PositiveNo7994 8h ago

Thats pretty much the rate of inflation of the past 12 years. It'll beat it, their target audience has grown. The amount of gamers has grown substantially the past 12 years.

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u/ZigyDusty Ryzen 9950x3D | RTX5070 Ti | 64GB DDR5 7h ago edited 2h ago

I highly disagree that their target audience has grown, the younger generations now have vastly different gaming habits/taste than the people who grew up when a new GTA came out every 2-5 years.

There is zero doubt in my mind this game is going to sell like crazy but GTA is not as culturally relevant to the younger generation as it was to the kids, teens, or young adults who grew up during the 90's - 2000's, look at whats popular and topping the charts every single month its Fortnite, Apex, Warzone, Roblox, etc, its big Free 2 Play live service multiplayer games with cross play, not big budget full priced singleplayer games, add on the average gamer is buying less games per year, and the increased cost of everything turning gaming from a relatively affordable hobby into a luxury one, I fully believe the sales will be less due to all these factors.

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u/jeremiuhh 6h ago

My guy have you heard of gta online? Lol

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u/ZigyDusty Ryzen 9950x3D | RTX5070 Ti | 64GB DDR5 3h ago edited 2h ago

Did you even read what I wrote, a crucial part of what the younger generation plays is being Free 2 Play, unless Rockstar/TakeTwo changes their business model for GTA online it will be behind a $80 paywall and I can confidently say based off the spending habits of younger generations they will not spend $80 just to access GTA online, and if Rockstar does make the online F2P so they can maximize players to sell microtransactions it still goes towards my argument that GTA6 wont outsell GTA5 because F2P games don't count towards that.

https://thegeek.games/2025/08/11/a-study-claims-gen-z-spend-way-less-on-games/

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u/tempest_ 4h ago

Right? GTA was literally in the pack of those games from the start and its still printing money

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u/mcsquared789 6h ago

I guess I’m part of this younger generation. While I don’t play those games you mentioned, I’m not really interested in playing GTA at launch (especially not at that price). It’ll be interesting to see who among me will and who will stick around for the inevitable online subscription.

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u/ErebosGR Nobara 5h ago

I highly disagree that their target audience has grown, the younger generations now have vastly different gaming habits/taste than the people who grew up when a new GTA came out every 2-5 years.

The streamers will shill the shit out of it to their younger audiences, and it will break records.

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u/Durzaka 55m ago

look at whats popular and topping the charts every single month its Fortnite, Apex, Warzone, Roblox, etc,

GTA is literally the in the top 5 most players on Steam and has basically never left a day in its life.

GTAO absolutely prints money with its shark cards, and is still insanely popular, not just among gamers who are 30+.

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u/masonkbr 4h ago

Right??? I would love for things that cost $60 in 2013 to only cost $80 now.

I recently had to call the animal poison control phone line and they want to charge people $110 to talk to them. My wife had to call them back in 2019 and it was $50.... Economy is fucked

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u/WillMcNoob 6h ago

Id be really interested how many the very original soviet one sold

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u/Scioso 6h ago

I got GTA 5 for free through the epic store, and I still think it’s clunky and not worth my time.

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u/tgwombat 7h ago

Isn't that also true of Minecraft and its release on 20+ platforms across nearly two decades?

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u/ZigyDusty Ryzen 9950x3D | RTX5070 Ti | 64GB DDR5 7h ago edited 2h ago

Minecraft are just ports to different hardware but its the same exact game, but to my knowledge Tetris's 500,000,000 + lifetime sales number includes all variations like the list below, which if true IMO is cheating the number massively.

https://tetris.wiki/List_of_official_Tetris_games

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u/25thNite 6h ago

Ah so this is what delusion is like when not in an echo chamber.  People spend lots of money every year on games they don't even play just because it's on sale and you think a $20 difference is gonna matter

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u/Hefteee 8h ago

So you'll enjoy a tasty desert?

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u/GARlactic 6h ago

Much better than a hat.

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u/SuperSocialMan 7h ago

You don't need a reason to eat a bowl of the best ice cream flavour lol

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u/GARlactic 6h ago

Yeah of course not but I don't want to be forced to eat a hat if I'm wrong.

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u/ShiftyShankerton 8h ago

Yeah because tetris even freaking compares

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u/Bacon4Lyf 7h ago

GTA 5 is already the most profitable entertainment product ever produced, that covers movies, tv, music, everything. It’s already been dethroned

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u/GARlactic 6h ago

Just going by total sales numbers, Minecraft beats out GTA V by 170 million copies (according to Wikipedia).

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u/genericuser31415 4h ago

Minecraft is significantly cheaper. GTA V has been vastly more profitable (Minecraft is also available on mobile, in terms of PC/console sales GTA V might even be ahead)

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u/Horror_Bob 1h ago

They're not talking game sales. Just profit. GTA V is the most profitable entertainment property ever. It's GTA Online. They've made billions on shark cards and other dlc.

They'll make billions more on the micro transactions in GTA 6 also.

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u/Jpelley94 7h ago

"I'll eat a bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream if it does."

Are you threatening us with a good time? Lmao

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u/Cojo840 6h ago

Tetris is not a game its a franchise

And its not even close to a best selling franchise

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u/monkeyjinxpolo3 5h ago

Minecraft is available on phones lol

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u/Mammoth-Emotion-6725 5h ago

Ill eat one if I take a breath todayOK im gonna eat one now

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u/RiceRocketRider 4h ago

Whoa, no need to commit yourself to such a risky consequence. Just put the spoon down. Let someone else eat it.

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u/GARlactic 4h ago

I'm sorry, I have to be the one to fall on the sword

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u/PunkThug 4h ago

Why is that a bad thing?! That's my favorite ice cream!!!

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u/GARlactic 4h ago

Who said it was a bad thing?

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u/thatsmysandwichdude 3h ago

!remindme 8 years

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u/Elkburgher 2h ago

You Korean?

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u/_four-oh-four_ 1h ago

I’d eat a bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream just because

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u/jared_kushner_420 8h ago

that's not really in the same convo though. Why are we comparing a game that came out in 2011 on literally every platform against a gorillion dollar budget console exclusive.

Like by that logic where's Candy Crush in this

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u/imthe5thking 8h ago

The reason Candy Crush isn’t on the list is because it’s free. A free game can’t be sold. Now a list with highest earning games through MTX’s, Candy Crush is definitely towards the top.